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International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 10 Number 02 (2021) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com

Original Research Article https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2021.1002.071

Existing Health Care Management Practices by Farmers of Nagar District of ,

Deepak Singh*, Ved Prakash, P. K. Upadhyay, Narendra Kumar, Satendra Kumar and Vimal Kumar

Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Chandra Shekhar Azad university of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, (U.P.), India

*Corresponding author

ABSTRACT

A field study was conducted to ascertain the health care management practices followed by

K e yw or ds dairy animals owners in the Kanpur Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh and data were collected

from randomly selected two blocks and 200 farmers through a personal interview with the Health, Care, Management , help of a structured interview schedule. It was recorded that 46.00 per cent of the farmers Dairy , Animals, vaccinated their animals against F.M.D./HS. Most of the buffalo keepers disposed of the Farmers placenta by deep -buried 58.50 per cent and only 31.00 per cent of farmers disinfect by tincture iodine and dettol some time use mustard oil. 41.00 per cent of the farmers got their sick animals treated by veterinary doctor, 32.50 per cent by the help of a quack and 26.50 Article Info per cent by the VLDA (stockman). More than half 56.00 per cent farmers were facilitating

wallowing practices to their buffalo. Only 10.00 per cent of farmers testing for mastitis Accepted: 07 January 2021 control. More than half 58.00 per cent farmers were dewormed their milch animals and Available Online: 72.50 per cent of farmers have not dewormed their calves regularly. Only 31.50 per cent of 10 February 2021 farmers aware isolate their animal from healthy animals. Only 24.00 per cent of the farmers bury the dead body of animals outside the village.

Introduction population (Livestock census census 2019). Livestock production management practices Dairy farming in India plays an important role regarding feeding, breeding, housing, and in generating income, employment, and health care are the most important elements in improving household nutrition. India has increasing dairy production. Sometimes, due about 535.78 million total livestock to some social and local problems traditional population in 2019. The current cattle managemental practices are common in run population in India is 192.49 million which their dairy business by the farmers in the contributes around 35.94 per cent of the village area. Operation flood plays a major livestock population. The current buffalo role in the country’s annual milk production population of India is 109.85 million which more rapidly, if the dairy animal were accounts for 20.45 per cent of the livestock properly fed balanced diet and given better

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Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2021) 10(02): 599-605 health care, which has been amply In each block, Ten villages were selected, and demonstrated in the co-operative network of also in all these villages ten farmers were dairy. Efficient management related to dairy selected randomly have a vast opportunity for animals is necessary to increase milk rural development through buffalo. production, but it needs a strong database. Livestock is a main source of income; it has Data was collected by the personal interview. obtained significance for its capacity to A personal interview schedule is considered reduce poverty and unemployment in rural the most important tool it can get the most areas. Indian livestock population supplies authentic first-hand information. A enormous opportunity to support rural income questionnaire (schedule) was developed with and speed up the pace of poverty reduction. help of various places related to animal However, the proper policy is in need of husbandry and dairying and all that successful capitalization of these occasions information were collected at the time of the that facilitates growth and productivity. survey. Statistical tools percentage using the Productive dairy animals depend on the methods suggested by Snedecor and Cochran quality of nutrition, animal health, and genetic (1994). makeup. The use of agricultural by-product is not very frequent. However, the inclusion of Results and Discussion dried stoned olive pomace in a ration for lactating buffaloes did not produce any It was recorded that 46.00 per cent of the significant difference in terms of milk yield farmers vaccinated their animals against while improving some qualitative parameters F.M.D./HS while 26.50 per cent of farmers (Terramoccia et al., 2013). vaccinate their animals against F.M.D./brucellosis followed by 24.00 per cent Proper health care practices are required to be farmers against H.S./ B.Q. only 03.50 per cent followed for the maintenance of animals’ vaccinate against rabies. This finding health, prevention of various diseases, and agreement with Bhagat et al., (2019), clean milk production. The dairy animal Chakravarthi et al., (2017), Divekar et al., keepers must have a thorough understanding (2016), et al., (2017), Patel et al., of the facts that milk production can be (2019b) (Table 1). increased by the adoption of improved health care practices. The present study was It was revealed that most of the buffalo undertaken to ascertain the health care keepers disposed of placenta deep-buried by practices of dairy animals followed by dairy 58.50 per cent and throw in out skirt by 41.50 animal keepers in the village areas of Kanpur per cent farmers. The finding of disposal of Nagar. placenta recorded in present study are in agreement with the Choudhary et al., (2017a), Materials and Methods Godara et al., (2017a), Sivaji et al., (2018). Deep buried is good work for making a The study was conducted purposively in the healthy environment. central zone of Uttar Pradesh. Kanpur occupies the north-western part of the Kanpur Most of the farmers revealed that 69.00 per division. The present study was conducted by cent were not disinfected noval cord of calf comprising two different blocks and and 31.00 per cent farmers disinfect by Kalyanpur of Kanpur Nagar district of U.P. tincture iodine and dettole some time use The study area has more buffalo population. mustard oil. This study related to disinfection

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Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2021) 10(02): 599-605 of noval cord is in agreement with wallowing practices to their calf and 44.00 Malsawmdawngiana and Rahman (2016), per cent not facilitate wallowing practices. Singh (2018). This disinfection of novel cord These findings are in agreement with Golhar is important for calf health but found most of et al., (2017), Kishore et al., (2013), Reddy et the farmers were not practice. al., (2017), Sivaji et al., (2018). Wallowing practice is helpful for maintaining body 41.00 per cent of the farmers got their sick temperature in summer. animals treated by veterinary doctor, 32.50 per cent by the help of a quack and 26.50 per I observed from my study 92.50 per cent of cent by the VLDA (stockman). This study farmers were washed hindquarters after similar to the Khadda et al., (2017), Patel et placenta drop but 07.50 per cent of farmers al., (2019b), Sabapara et al., (2015a), did not wash hind quarter after placenta. This Viswakarma et al., (2018) observed in the is an important practice for taking clean milk study most of the farmers treated their from dairy animals and makes hygiene. This animals by livestock inspector. study related washing hind quarter agreement with Godara et al., (2017a), Godara et al., In my study area found that more than half (2018b). 56.00 per cent farmers were facilitate

Table.1 Existing health care management practices

Health practices Bilhaur Kalyanpur Farmers Per cent 1. Vaccination of animal against disease A. FMD / H.S. 66 26 92 46.00 B. FMD / Brucellosis 27 31 53 26.50 C. FMD / Brucellosis / B.Q. 12 36 48 24.00 D. Rabies 00 07 07 03.50 2. Disposal of Placenta A.Deep burial 76 41 117 58.50 B. Out skirt common land 24 59 83 41.50 3. Noval cord disinfection of calf A. Regular practice 44 94 138 69.00 B. Not Practice 56 06 62 31.00 4. Treatment consultation A.Veterinary Doctor 23 59 82 41.00 B.VLDA 30 23 53 26.50 C.Quack 47 18 65 32.50 5. Wallowing practices a. Yes 58 54 112 56.00 b. No 42 46 88 44.00 6. Washing of hind quarters after placenta drop A. Practice 85 100 185 92.50 B. Not practice 15 00 15 07.50 7. Mastitis control by the farmers A. Testing 07 13 20 10.00

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B. Not testing 93 87 180 90.00 8. Practiced deworming measures in Buffaloes A.Yes 68 48 116 58.00 B.No 32 52 84 42.00 9. Practiced deworming measures in calves A.Yes 17 38 55 27.50 B.No 83 62 145 72.50 10. Isolate the sick animals from healthy ones A.Yes 25 38 63 31.50 B.No 75 62 137 68.50 11. Disposal of dead animals A.Deep burial 13 45 48 24.00 B.Dispose in open 87 65 152 76.00 12.Measures adopted to control files/ mosquitoes A. Smoke of waste grass 86 78 164 82.00 B. Electric fan 14 22 36 18.00 13. Measures adopt to control tick and mites A. Manually 68 52 120 60.00 B. Dusting of insecticide 32 48 80 40.00 14. Treatment of repeat breeding and anoestrus A. Veterinary doctors 70 93 163 81.5 B. Not treated 30 07 37 18.5

It was concluded that only 10.00 per cent of occasionally in calves. Present findings are farmers testing for mastitis control and 90.00 similar to the results recorded by Choudhary per cent were not testing of mastitis control et al., (2017a), Singh et al., (2019a), and by the farmers. This similar finding highly contradicted by Pata et al., (2019), agreement with Divekar et al., (2016), Mulgu et al., (2019) found mostly farmers Gaikwad et al., (2019), Singh (2018), Singh et deworm their farmers in the study area. al., (2019a). It was revealed that mostly 68.50 per cent of It was observed that more than half 58.00 per buffalo owners were not isolated from the cent farmers were dewormed their milch sick animal from healthy ones whereas the animals and 42.00 per cent not followed by remaining 31.50 per cent of farmers aware the farmers. This similar finding of isolate their animal from the healthy animals. deworming their dairy animals are in This finding related to isolate their sick agreement with Khadda et al., (2017), Patel et animals supports by Chakravarthi et al., al., (2019b), Singh et al., (2019a) and not (2017), Patel et al., (2019b), and this practice supports my finding by Patel et al., (2014), related to isolate sick animals contradicted by Singh (2018) are not dewormed their milch Khadda et al., (2017). Disposal of dead animals. bodies is one of the more important practices in the village area to make a healthy Observed in my study that 72.50 per cent of environment. This important practice for farmers were not dewormed their calves making healthy environment is done by only regularly and 27.50 per cent practiced 24.00 per cent of the farmers bury the dead

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Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2021) 10(02): 599-605 body of animals outside the village while Lesser Known Kathani Cattle of 76.00 per cent farmers leave dead animals as Vidarbha Region. INTERNATIONAL such in open field. This study related to the JOURNAL OF TROPICAL disposal of animals' dead bodies is in AGRICULTURE, 37(2): 171-179. agreement with Choudhary et al., (2017a). 20th Livestock Census (2019) Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying releases. Mostly 82.00 per cent were farmers measures Ministry of Fisheries, Animal adopted to control flies/mosquitoes by the Husbandry & Dairying. help of producing smoke of waste grasses and Choudhary Shweta, Gurjar M.L., Choudhary 18.00 per cent not measure adopted against Vikas, Meel Padma, Rohlan Kavita and the control of flies and mosquitoes by use of Ganguly Subha (2017a) Study on cattle an electric fan. This similar finding related to calf rearing and health care practices in control flies support by Choudhary et al., relationship to herd size in non tribal (2017a), Khadda et al., (2017), Sabapara et area of Udaipur district of Rajasthan. al., (2015a). The present study revealed that Journal of Entomology and Zoology 60.00 per cent of the farmers were controlled Studies 2017; 5(4): 546-549. manually of measures adapted to control ticks Chakravarthi M. Kalyana, Bharadwaja Dr. and mites followed by 40.00 per cent of Marella, Kumar Kutty and Dr. Potu farmers control ticks and mites by using a Ramesh Babu (2017). Extent of dusting of insecticide. Khadda et al., (2017) Adoption of Improved Animal and this study control ectoparasites manually Husbandry Practices by Dairy Farmers highly contradicted by Choudhary et al., in Kadapa District of Andhra Pradesh. (2017a), International Journal of Science, Environment and Technology, 6(5): The result indicated that all the farmers 2815 – 2820. treated their buffaloes for anestrous, repeat Divekar B.S., Trivedi M.M. and Dhami A.J. breeding, and sometimes infertility problem. (2016). Adoption of Improoved Animal It was found that 81.50 farmers treated the Husbandry Practices by Dairy Farmers anoestrus and 18.50 per cent of farmers not of Kheda District in Gujrat. treated their animals in the villages. This International Journal of Science, similar study related to the treatment of repeat Environment and Technology, Vol. 5, breeding agreement with Sivaji et al., (2018). No 6, 2016, 4268 – 4276. Gaikwad S.V., Awaz H.B., Savita L. and S.G. In conclusion the village farmers of the Narwade (2019). Studies on Kanpur Nagar did not know importance of Management Practices of Buffaloes in proper vaccination and deworming. They Marathwada Region. Bull. Env. have lack of knowledge related to better care Pharmacol. Life Sci., Vol 8 [4] March and management of the buffalo. Farmers 2019: 38-43. should not aware for mastitis control, and Godara Vikas, Singh Narender, Kumar Sushil disposal of dead animals. and Robin (2017a). Calf Rearing Management Practices Followed in References Rural Areas of Western Haryana, India. Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci., 6(12): Bhagat R. L., Phadke N. L., Potdar V., 2996-3000. Swaminathan M., Singh P. K. and Godara V., Gulati Harish Kr., Singh Narender Tantia M. S. (2019) Management of and Robin (2018b) Buffalo Breeding

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Deepak Singh, Ved Prakash, P. K. Upadhyay, Narendra Kumar, Satendra Kumar and Vimal Kumar. 2021. Existing Health Care Management Practices by Farmers of Kanpur Nagar District of Uttar Pradesh, India. Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 10(02): 599-605. doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2021.1002.071

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